ChangeGear Service Desk vs. SymphonyAI IT Service Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ChangeGear Service Desk
Score 8.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Based on the ITIL best practices framework, the SunView ChangeGear product suite improves and streamlines the IT service management lifecycle. By automating IT service management processes, companies gain greater visibility into their IT infrastructure, eliminate system downtime, reduce operational costs, ensure regulatory compliance and improve IT service delivery. SunView Software is a Serviceaide company (acquired August 2021).
$0
Per Seat per Month
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Symphony SummitAI, formerly the Summus IT Management Suite, is an ITSM and system monitoring offering from the company of the same name in Palo Alto.N/A
Pricing
ChangeGear Service DeskSymphonyAI IT Service Management
Editions & Modules
ChangeGear Service Desk
Per Seat per Month
ChangeGear Help Desk
ChangeGear Change Management
ChangeGear Cloud
Per User per Month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ChangeGear Service DeskSymphonyAI IT Service Management
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
ChangeGear Service DeskSymphonyAI IT Service Management
Features
ChangeGear Service DeskSymphonyAI IT Service Management
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
ChangeGear Service Desk
6.4
2 Ratings
25% below category average
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
8.8
20 Ratings
7% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets6.42 Ratings8.820 Ratings
Expert directory5.01 Ratings8.915 Ratings
Service restoration6.01 Ratings8.518 Ratings
Self-service tools5.02 Ratings8.117 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications6.92 Ratings7.915 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation7.42 Ratings9.517 Ratings
ITSM reports and dashboards7.92 Ratings9.920 Ratings
ITSM asset management
Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Product A and Product B
ChangeGear Service Desk
7.5
2 Ratings
9% below category average
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
9.0
20 Ratings
9% above category average
Configuration mangement7.42 Ratings8.420 Ratings
Asset management dashboard7.01 Ratings8.920 Ratings
Policy and contract enforcement8.01 Ratings9.815 Ratings
Change management
Comparison of Change management features of Product A and Product B
ChangeGear Service Desk
7.3
2 Ratings
15% below category average
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
9.4
20 Ratings
10% above category average
Change requests repository8.52 Ratings8.420 Ratings
Change calendar6.92 Ratings9.916 Ratings
Service-level management6.52 Ratings9.918 Ratings
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User Ratings
ChangeGear Service DeskSymphonyAI IT Service Management
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(2 ratings)
8.9
(20 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ChangeGear Service DeskSymphonyAI IT Service Management
Likelihood to Recommend
Serviceaide
1. What kind of service-levels are you looking to establish? 2. Are there other programs you are going to be using for other aspects of 'the job?' 3. How many employees are going to be needing access to ChangeGear? 4. Do you want a highly configurable product or something that will come out of the box pre-set? 5. Are you looking to keep track of equipment deployed to the customers you support?
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SymphonyAI IT Service Management
It is best for handling daily incidents and change records in the organization. And also provide features like which incident will have higher priority, and which have less and on the basis of that developer do their daily activities to resolve them. It also helps in managing our compliance change logs, which help the compliance team.
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Pros
Serviceaide
  • Change Control
  • Ease of Use
  • Simplicity
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SymphonyAI IT Service Management
  • The Design Studio is an easy solution for L3 support professionals to improve existing workflows without technical support quickly.
  • The process and UI are more seamless, robust, and attractive than existing solutions.
  • The copilot AI addition has removed a lot of repetitive tasks and improved UX.
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Cons
Serviceaide
  • Not sure if this is due to our back end, but ChangeGear Service Desk can sometimes bog down. Speed can always be improved and, while version 6 has been impressive so far, slow downs are still common.
  • Browser compatibility can sometimes be hit or miss. Certain fields would not work on Chrome, so our department has required FireFox. I have not tested 6 on other browsers but hopefully the upgrade has taken care of this.
  • The communications with customers are not easy to sift through. With limited attention spans, seeing a subject line filled with 'gibberish' causes our customers to either delete or leave the message forever unread. Again, not sure if due to our implementation, but I would clean that sort of thing up.
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SymphonyAI IT Service Management
  • Business Rule Designer - Since it has many automation we are unable to use it properly, because of BRD related jobs not getting executed
  • Creation of sub tenant under tenant
  • 5 why analysis method in the problem management can be designed more efficiently rather than its designed now
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Likelihood to Renew
Serviceaide
No answers on this topic
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
The overall satisfaction is great and it offers great features. By expanding to using AI feature of Symphony Summit, we look forward to automate even ticket tracking and ticket resolution. The support provided by the symphony SummitAI team is also robust compared to industry standards and the team also conducts regular reviews to find out any dissatisfaction from the clients.
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Usability
Serviceaide
Because it allows me to work in (probably) the most organized way possible. It allows me to collaborate quickly and rather effortlessly with coworkers within my team and other teams in the Technology department. The deduction in rating is due to the issues with speed and browser compatibility. Version 6 has been a revelation but I as always, there's room for improvement.
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SymphonyAI IT Service Management
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Serviceaide
Simpler and easier to implement.
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SymphonyAI IT Service Management
The main reason for choosing Symphony Summit is the customization. We wanted to have a separate tool for our business unit. Compared to ServiceNow, which requires a license to approve a request, Symphony does not require a license. In addition, it is much easier to customize and scale.
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Return on Investment
Serviceaide
  • Better Response Time
  • Email Tracking of Tickets
  • Change Control Module Simplicity
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SymphonyAI IT Service Management
  • When rolled out in its entirety, SymphonyAI is expected to directly reduce the CTC of technical user support by 40%.
  • SymphonyAI has dramatically improved user experience, helping NPS levels cross over 60%.
  • It has been instrumental in deploying workflows to production by more than 50%.
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ScreenShots

ChangeGear Service Desk Screenshots

Screenshot of Dashboard - DarkScreenshot of Workspace - Staff daily work spaceScreenshot of Service Catalog - End User ViewScreenshot of Incident grid sorted

SymphonyAI IT Service Management Screenshots

Screenshot of an example of the AI-powered IT and enterprise service workflows available on the platform.Screenshot of the service portal, designed to make it easy for end users to get all their service issues addressed. By consolidating the user’s service needs into one place, users can find what they need quickly and easily.Screenshot of employee self-service, where employees can get answers and help. This helps to reduce call deflection and improve service experience.Screenshot of digitized work processes.Screenshot of the administration interface to launch new services. These can be rolled out with a few drag and drops using the Design Studio that includes 50 built-in modern controls to build forms, workflows, business rules and SLAs of any complexity.Screenshot of the 24/7 Omnichannel service desk experience. This delivers always on, natural language service experience to users with the AI-powered SymphonyAI Digital Agent. The agent features auto-resolve capabilities, multichannel support, and advanced natural language understanding.